These days things are moving much better than they used to move
Maybe I?ve finally let myself say that there?s much less to prove
I used to go running round crazy trying to be more than a man
But I?m doing a lot more lately doing the best that I can.

These days I get less angry when things don?t combine
Laughing at how I behave sometimes is more in my line
Whenever that man in the mirror
starts to look troubled or blue
I take him aside for a moment
and tell him we?re just passing through.
These days I?m a lot calmer
when the wind runs away with my hat
It might be that I?m a lot saner but I?m not so sure about that
These days I?m a lot weaker
when my baby says she?s got a plan
I guess I?m more eager to please her
?cause I?m just her loving ?ol man.

These days I got a feeling for home like I never had
It must be the warmth of the woman I love that keeps me in bed
It?s only taken a lifetime to get round to changing my ways
But I?m having more fun, getting more done,
Taking it easy these days.